inner tube- an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire mouthpiece- the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth pea shooter- a straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a target ...
will meet with the Girl Scout who sold the most Thin Mints, telephone the winning Super Bowl team in their lockerroom, fly abroad now and then to watch funny foreigners dance funny dances, and most important of all, leave me the fuck alone. Of course, that's just my opinion. I could ...
It gave me hope. Now, it has taken less than four years for one malevolent man to bring our country to its knees. But look! It’s taken less than four years for us to rise up again. When you tire, falter, and lose faith in the democratic ideal, look to the trees. There, you...
Third, I had a chance to attend both an editors’ and an agents’ panel during which these professionals answered questions from the audience. These panels offer a window into the business side of the publishing industry, and I never tire of hearing from those on the other side of writing ...
on the rocks near Admiralty Point in Burrard Inlet in the summer of 1988, watching thousands and thousands of moon jellies (some of them as wide as a truck tire), as well as the occasionalsea nettle, drifting by in the tide. That bloom was probably part of the natural cycle around ...
I'm sure I'll tire of the hullabaloo soon enough, but not today. 6 Comments|No TrackBacks When Dr. Anderson, the ear-nose-throat (ENT) specialist I saw today, grabbed his nasal endoscope (which I fondly thought of as his "nose cam") and took a look down my throat—an interesting ...
"Don't shoot at him," Robert Jordan said."Shoot for the top part of a front tire on the truck. So if you miss you'll hit the engine. Good." He watched with the glasses."A little lower. Good. You shoot like hell. Mucho! Mucho! Shoot me the top of the radiator. Any...
I pulled into this parking lot just in case because right next door is the tire store, and they are busy putting new tires on cars. I walk over, and explain my predicament. Will they air me up? “Yes.” So, I walk back to the bike, start it up and gently paddle-walk it next ...